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Now is the time to double your impact. Recent cuts by DOGE to the National Endowment for the Humanities have significantly reduced funding essential to the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC).
To help bridge this gap, all donations to MHC will be matched 1:1 by the Federation of State Humanities Councils with support from the Mellon Foundation—up to $50,000. That means every dollar you give goes twice as far in sustaining the humanities programs that strengthen our communities across Minnesota.
Your gift helps us bring stories to life, amplify underrepresented voices, and connect communities through history, culture, and conversation. But we need your help to reach the full match—and we can’t do it without you.
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“We should not permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities.”
Booker T. Washington
Join Us in Creating a More Unified Society
Learn more about yourself, our communities, and our society or share your unique vision about the human experience or our world.
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Jan
28
Roseville – Minnesota Writers Off the Page: Carson Faust
Minnesota Writers Off the Page and Makwa Coffee’s Native Author Book Club are joining forces for a special evening with Carson Faust, author of “If the Dead Belong Here,” an intergenerational thriller, permeated with Indigenous folklore and the supernatural.
Jan
29
Online Pedagogy Session – Era Five: Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction
Explore the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War, and evaluate the transformative potential and limitations of Reconstruction. Using content and sources from Dr. Rebecca Brückmann, Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Social Studies Specialist Brittany Rawson-Haeg and experienced classroom educators will lead this hands-on workshop supporting high school U.S. History teachers in designing inquiry-based, standards-aligned units.
Jan
29
The Great Northern Festival: Poets Building Community
Join us at The Great Northern Festival for an evening of poetry, conversation, and civic imagination as The Loft hosts Poets Building Community, a special gathering of Poets Laureate from across Minnesota.
Feb
03
Online Content Session – Era Six: Migration, Imperialism, and Inequality
Examine the late 19th and early 20th century through the lenses of industrialization, imperial expansion, and rising social inequality. Led by Dr. Maddalena Marinari and moderated by Dr. Katharine Gerbner, this session will provide deep historical context, source analysis, and thematic framing.
The humanities remind each and every one of us that we are not alone here…When we truly look at what we’re asking and who we are, we can see the beauty that is all around us.
– Dr. Shelly C. Lowe, former Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
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